Beijing time on November 2, 2017, the evening of the 1st Eastern Time.

In the wee hours of the morning.

New york city.

Standing in front of the hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows, your eyes are ready to enter the sleepy Central Park under the sleepless lights. A vast black earth, stretched across the heart of this world capital, is impenetrable and unsettling. Yu Xiaochun turned on his phone and looked at the time, 00:15.

Why hasn't she come yet?

1/

"Where are you?"

"We've arrived."

The night before, Yang Yiming, who was dressed as the weirdo Frankenstein, and Yu Xiaochun, who was dressed as Harry Potter, were crowded by the crowd and couldn't move as soon as they entered the house.

"Let me ask where she is." Yang Yiming turned his head and asked Yu Xiaochun to borrow his mobile phone.

"What about yours?"

"Let me ask you." Yang Yiming showed a sly smile, "I heard that you two have added Whatsapp friends (similar to WeChat's messaging program), so it's more convenient to ask." ”

"You can also add her, this is not like WeChat, you can have her phone number." Yu Xiaochun was reluctant.

"Is it possible..."Yang Yiming winked at him, he wore a metal silver ring found by the hospital, which was put on his head like a device to guide electricity, and with black and gray makeup, his expression at this time was really funny, "What did you talk to her about?" ”

"I'm not talking!" Yu Xiaochun's anger didn't come to one place, "I think you have impure motives." ”

But despite saying so, Yu Xiaochun still handed over his mobile phone. He realized that the room was too crowded, and he might not have a comfortable space to input it with his mobile phone, so it was better to let Yang Yiming operate it condescendingly to send out the message to contact Meritis.

Picking up his phone, he sent two text messages in succession at the beginning of this paragraph.

The party's host's reply came quickly, also in a row.

"I saw you come in."

"Yiming is too high."

Meritis didn't seem to know that the person he was talking to had changed.

"Where are you? We're looking for you to say hello. Yang Yiming asked again.

"It's okay, you guys play first, it's inconvenient to move with too many people." Meritis then added, "I'll call you when I meet you." There is a wine counter in the kitchen, so you can take it yourself. ”

"Good. However, the doctor said that there were still injuries and that he could not drink. Realizing that the message he just sent might have revealed his identity, Yang Yiming hurriedly sent another one, "I can drink some, Yiming will drink a drink, and he will help us go to the kitchen to get it." In order to cover up the stuffing that might be exposed, Yang Yiming also pretended to push aside the crowd and moved a few steps to the kitchen. The first floor of the villa is the party living room, and there is a connecting room on the right, which is much brighter in comparison, and there are people constantly coming in and out, presumably it must be the kitchen just mentioned.

"There is self-discipline! Good boy! Meritis replied with a smiley face sticking out her tongue.

"Hmm... I will also moderate and drink less. I don't know if there is a goof, Yang Yiming has no choice but to continue to play the role of Yu Xiaochun.

The expression of covering the mouth and laughing.

"By the way, Yiming's Frankenstein outfit today is very cool. What did you choose? ”

"Harry Potter." Maybe she didn't see the clue after all, "What about you?" What's your Halloween outfit? ”

"Guess what. Isn't this the fun of drag parties? Meritis was like a little challenge.

Yang Yiming, who had almost moved to the kitchen door, received this message and couldn't help but stop looking back. In the flickering lights, this room full of strange-shaped foreigners with different looks, which one is her?

2/

"How does Madison Garden feel?"

Ding-dong. The phone rang, and it was Yang Yiming who called.

"Great! The feeling of basketball mecca is really good. That vibe... It's hard to put into words, and next time you must experience it for yourself. This is almost the first time that Yu Xiaochun and Yang Yiming have acted separately since they came to the United States, so as soon as they picked up the other party's phone, Yu Xiaochun said a lot.

"Hmm... But it's probably going to be next season. "The Rockets and New York Knicks are in the NBA's Western and Eastern Conference respectively, and the teams typically only meet twice a season, once at each of their respective home courts.

"Yes." Yu Xiaochun also felt a little regretful that his friend missed the opportunity to be on the holy land of basketball, and wanted to encourage him, "But the Rockets played really well, three-point shots rained down." The Rockets were in excellent shape in this game, and finally found the team's shooting touch on the outside, the whole team shot 19 three-pointers, and established a 26-point lead in the first three quarters, and the final quarter completely turned into garbage time, and the main players clocked in early to rest, and finally the team won 119-97 away, ending the losing streak.

"Yes, it's in shape again." Talking about the game, Yang Yiming was really excited, "If only I could play." With so much lead in this race, I'm going to play a little bit longer. I wish I could get better soon! ”

"How are you feeling?" Speaking of this, Yu Xiaochun remembered Yiming's injury.

"It's okay, I'm feeling better." Compared with the rhythm of the conversation just now, Yang Yiming's tone seemed much slower, as if he was carefully understanding the situation of the shoulder injury, "It's just not very convenient to move, and I can't lift my arms." Today Jose took me to the hospital for a follow-up visit, and the doctor said that the recovery is normal, and now it is just a matter of waiting... It's still about a month. ”

"-Speaking of which," Yu Xiaochun remembered waiting by the hotel window before the phone was connected, "I'm waiting for someone, she may be able to help you make a comeback sooner." ”

"Koharu?!" Yang Yiming on the other end exclaimed.

"What's wrong?"

"It's just the first time you've gone to the away game by yourself, and you're carrying me..."Yang Yiming was already happy on the other end of the phone, "Big, treasure, sword!" ”

"No, it's not what you think." Yu Xiaochun realized that Yang Yiming had misunderstood him, "She is a masseur who helps exercise recovery." ”

"Masseurs, yes, they all say that." Yang Yiming still couldn't stop laughing, "I've been training with a professional team since I was sixteen years old, I haven't eaten pork, and I've never seen a pig run!" "The two young men have not been in the United States for a long time, but they have already developed a deep friendship, and without anyone else present, the conversation in their native language sounds much more casual.

"It's really just a massage..."Yu Xiaochun could only wait for Yang Yiming to stop laughing before slowly explaining, "It is said that she is very powerful, and she is very good at recovering from injuries, she just said that your shoulder is dislocated, and she can help you fully recover in three days." ”

"Three days?!"

"Yes." Seeing that Yang Yiming's tone finally became half-convinced, Yu Xiaochun continued, "I heard that she was in New York, so I contacted her, and I will talk to her in person for a while, and try the effect by the way." ”

"Try it." Yiming almost laughed out loud again, but soon asked seriously about the details, "Then how do you know her, is it reliable?" ”

"I... A classmate who studied in the United States before, knowing that I was now back with Team Rocket, and saw that you were injured again, recommended this person to me. Yu Xiaochun opened his mouth and casually made up a reason - when Kalonsky II gave him the number, he deliberately took care not to reveal his identity first, "it remains to be seen", which was his original words at the time.

It's all weird.

But when it comes to hiding in the dark - why hasn't this mysterious masseur come yet?

Tuk tuk.

Knock on the door!

3/

Yang Yiming still saw Meritis at a glance.

Struggling through the crowded hall, he moved to the kitchen next to the house and fetched drinks for himself and Yu Xiaochun. He poured himself a glass of orange juice, but he didn't know what alcoholic drink to pick for Yu Xiaochun. The gleaming marble counter is filled with several styles of beer, spirits, and home-brewed fruity drinks. Just as he was hesitating, a figure flickered past the kitchen door.

"Meritis!"

The figure vanished from the doorway. But after a few seconds, it retreated again.

The figure dressed as Medusa is none other than Meritis, the organizer of the party and the owner of the house.

"You caught me." She also walked into the kitchen with a smile, and in the bright light, Yang Yiming saw her appearance clearly, probably using the hemp rope scraps of the spider web at the door, coiled into a wig set, as Medusa's poisonous snake hair. She wore a tight-fitting black evening dress, and a long gray towel woven of woolen yarn was coiled from top to bottom, outlining her figure more and more beautifully.

"The Qualities of a Basketball Player – Vision." Yang Yiming said proudly, while using his flexible right hand to make a gesture of firing a laser from the eye.

"How can you tell it's mine?" Meritis had obviously drunk a few glasses of wine, and her face was flushed at the moment, and she looked up at Yang Yiming with smiling eyes, looking very good.

"Your hair." Yang Yiming flicked the "poisonous snake" hair cover that Meredith's head was coiled on, and her golden hair jumped out from under the ends of her hair.

"You can see that, too?"

"Of course. Gold is special, I would... Keep an eye on it. For some reason, Yang Yiming's words were a little speechless.

"All the blonde hair?" Meritis turned her face up, her sapphire blue eyes fluttering, and she pretended to be serious and aggressive.

"Only yours... It's not the same..."

"It's really different, it's Medusa's hair." Meritis pulled the wig down, and re-covered the strand of blonde hair that was exposed, while pointing the head of the poisonous snake pretended to be a hemp rope at Yang Yiming, "Don't look too much - look too much and you will be petrified!" ”

"I surrender."

"Then give me the silver ring on your head." She pointed to the makeshift costume props stolen from the hospital on Yang Yiming's head.

"Here you go." He took off the silver ring and placed it gently on her head. The size is just right.

"Is it pretty?"

"Beautiful, my Empress." Yang Yiming bowed slightly, half-jokingly.

"Yes, Empress Medusa." Meritis smiled even brighter.

Yang Yiming also smiled.

Looking at the fake Medusa in front of him, he suddenly wished that he was really petrified, and he stayed in this space with her without leaving.